"The Dinner Party" by Mona Gardner Quiz and Answer Key for High School
Inquiring Mind of the English Teacher Kind
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Grade Levels
6th - 12th, Homeschool
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Standards
CCSSRL.9-10.1
CCSSRL.9-10.2
CCSSRL.9-10.3
CCSSRL.9-10.10
CCSSRL.11-12.1
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- Easel Assessment
Pages
4 pages
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Description
Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate take-home assessment planning with this plot-based quiz covering the short story "The Dinner Party" by Mona Gardner. This assessment may double as a guided reading handout to facilitate active engagement with fiction. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a self-grading Google Drive option is available.)
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following aspects of plot:
- Setting
- Narrative techniques
- The purpose for the gathering
- The nature of the group's discussion
- The colonel's beliefs about defining characteristics of men (in contrast to women)
- The sudden appearance of a cobra
- The hostess's reaction to the dangerous situation
- The young boy's reaction to the dangerous situation
- Theme
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Total Pages
4 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
N/A
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Standards
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CCSSRL.9-10.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSSRL.9-10.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSSRL.9-10.3
Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
CCSSRL.9-10.10
By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSSRL.11-12.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
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